[GLOBAL gdtFlush]    ; Allows the C code to call gdt_flush().

gdtFlush:
   mov eax, [esp+4]  ; Get the pointer to the GDT, passed as a parameter.
   lgdt [eax]        ; Load the new GDT pointer

   mov ax, 0x10      ; 0x10 is the offset in the GDT to our data segment
   mov ds, ax        ; Load all data segment selectors
   mov es, ax
   mov fs, ax
   mov gs, ax
   mov ss, ax
   jmp 0x08:.flush   ; 0x08 is the offset to our code segment: Far jump!
.flush:
   ret
   
[GLOBAL tssFlush]    ; Allows our C code to call tss_flush().
tssFlush:
   mov ax, 0x2B      ; Load the index of our TSS structure - The index is
                     ; 0x28, as it is the 5th selector and each is 8 bytes
                     ; long, but we set the bottom two bits (making 0x2B)
                     ; so that it has an RPL of 3, not zero.
   ltr ax            ; Load 0x2B into the task state register.
   ret